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Premier League, EFL, WSL and Europe transfers: Man City, Crystal Palace, West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur biggest spenders

Premier League clubs spent £404.1m on 22 permanent signings for disclosed fees during window; spending represents £9.3m rise from last year; Manchester City spent league-high £84m on signings; Bournemouth recorded £20.7m net profit

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Premier League clubs have spent £404.1m on new signings during the winter transfer window.

The outlay represents a £9.3m rise from last year. Clubs recouped £273.1m on player sales, equating to a net spend of £131m.

This article was last updated on February 2 at 10.20pm. All transfer fees include potential add-ons and exclude undisclosed fees.

Spending during the window was largely incremental, with notable spikes on January 8, when Manchester City splashed £64m on Antoine Semenyo and Deadline Day - when Crystal Palace signed Jorgen Strand Larsen from Wolves for £48m.

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Take a look back at what was an eventful transfer deadline day which saw drama throughout the day.

Who spent the most?

Twelve clubs signed players for disclosed fees, with Manchester City splashing a league-topping £84m on two marquee deals: Semenyo (£64m from Bournemouth) and Marc Guehi (£20m from Crystal Palace).

Antoine Semenyo signs for Man City
Image: Antoine Semenyo signed for Man City

Palace shelled out £83m on two big-money acquisitions: Strand Larsen (£48m from Wolves) and Brennan Johnson (£35m from Spurs).

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Jorgen Strand Larsen speaks for the first time after completing a £48m move from Wolves to Crystal Palace.

The deal for the Norwegian striker went through despite Jean-Philippe Mateta's move from Palace to AC Milan falling through on Deadline Day after further medical checks on the France international.

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Jean-Philippe Mateta's move from Crystal Palace to AC Milan is fell through on Deadline Day

West Ham splurged £47.2m on Taty Castellanos (£25.2m from Lazio), Pablo (£20m from Gil Vicente) and Adama Traore (£2m from Fulham), while Spurs spent £47m on Conor Gallagher (£34m from Atletico Madrid) and Souza (£13m from Santos).

Meanwhile, Bournemouth (£43.3m), Aston Villa (£28.2m), Fulham (£27m), Sunderland (£23.9m), Wolves (£9m) Brentford (£8.7m), Nottingham Forest (£1.6m) and Brighton (£1.2m) also recruited players for registered fees.

Despite spending £47.2m, West Ham still recorded a £6.8m profit during the window after selling Lucas Paqueta to Flamengo (£36.5m) and Luis Guilherme to Sporting (£17.5m).

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Lucas Paqueta was singing with Flamengo fans as his exit from West Ham United edges closer.

Wolves recorded a league-topping £39m net profit, followed by Bournemouth (£20.7m net profit).

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Which players cost the most?

Semenyo was the most expensive signing of the window (Manchester City from Bournemouth for £64m), followed by Strand Larsen (Crystal Palace from Wolves for £48m), Brennan Johnson (Crystal Palace from Spurs for £35m), with Spurs re-investing almost all of that to sign Gallagher from Atletico for £34m.

Liverpool reached a verbal agreement for the transfer of Rennes centre-back Jeremy Jacquet, worth up to £60m. The 20-year-old, who Chelsea have been trying to sign, is set to move to Anfield in the summer.

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Image: Liverpool have reached a verbal agreement for the transfer of Rennes centre-back Jeremy Jacquet in the summer worth up to £60m.

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Jamie Carragher welcomed the comparison between Liverpool's new signing Jeremy Jacquet and William Saliba, but stressed that further defensive reinforcements are still needed.

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Total permanent and loan moves

In total, there were 37 signings for fees, on loans or as free agents. Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Spurs, Sunderland and West Ham each signed a league-topping three players on permanent deals.

Crystal Palace, Manchester City and Nottingham Forest all secured two permanent incomings, while seven clubs signed one player and another five signed none.

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Jamie Carragher welcomed the comparison between Liverpool's new signing Jeremy Jacquet and William Saliba, but stressed that further defensive reinforcements are still needed.

Nine clubs signed one player on loan: Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Burnley, Everton, Leeds, Nottingham Forest, Spurs, West Ham and Wolves.

In terms of departures, Chelsea, Sunderland and West Ham offloaded five players permanently, while Spurs shipped out 11 players on short-term deals, with Aston Villa and Sunderland also sanctioning numerous temporary departures.

What about England's other divisions, Scottish Premiership and WSL?

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Scottish Premiership

In Scotland, clubs have a few hours longer to finalise business with the window closing at 11pm.

WSL

The Women's Super League window closes on Tuesday, February 3 at 11pm.

(Opta figures)

What about Europe's other top leagues?

Overall, Premier League clubs recorded a net spend of £122m (Sky Sports' figures), which exceeds the totals of Europe's other top five leagues (Opta figures).

Italy's Serie A generated a £48.6m net spend, followed by the German Bundesliga (£44m net spend), French Ligue 1 (£26.4m net profit) and Spanish LaLiga (£29.9m net profit).

In Spain, clubs have a few hours longer to finalise business with the window closing at 10.59pm.

Breaking those other leagues down by clubs, eight teams recorded eight-figure net spends: Napoli (£39.7m), RB Leipzig (£19.3m), Roma (£19m), Sassuolo (£17.3), Wolfsburg (£16.4m), Pisa (£14.7m), Paris FC (£12.9m) and Lyon (£10.4m).

Atletico generated £23.3m net profit from their transfer business, while Rennes (£22.4m net profit), Udinese (£20.3m net profit), Lazio (£17.5m net profit) and Marseille (£12.7m net profit) also closed business with notable net profits.

Ademola Lookman (Atletico from Atalanta for £30.2m) was the most expensive deal among the four divisions, followed by Lorenzo Lucca (Napoli from Udinese for £22.5m), Robinio Vaz (Roma from Marseille for £19m), Giacomo Raspadori (Atalanta from Atletico for £19m) and Giovane (Napoli from Verona for £17.3m).

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